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UNH-IOL launches in-house automated Gfast, DSL testing platform

Vendors that are looking to get their Gfast products certified by the Broadband Forum can now turn to the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) to test out these technologies with its new Test Sentinel automated tool.

As the number of certified-interoperable Gfast products continues to rise, the test software allows member and non-member companies the ability to test their products in-house before applying for the Broadband Forum Gfast Certification Program.

Test Sentinel, which is now available to the public, can also run automated testing according to the Broadband Forum TR-114, TR-100, and TR-067 test plans.

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What makes Test Sentinel a compelling tool for vendors testing out Gfast products is that it’s an established platform. It has been used in the UNH-IOL Gfast and DSL Testing Service for over five years to enhance and validate cross-vendor interoperability, performance and conformance to standards testing.

Lincoln Lavoie

UNH-IOL said that by publicly offering this tool, companies can increase confidence in their products by allowing them to perform repeatable in-house testing with instant access to an online results database.

“The UNH-IOL team has years of experience working with our customers and test & measurement partners to perform DSL and Gfast testing,” said Lincoln Lavoie, senior engineer broadband technologies at UNH-IOL, in a release. “Test Sentinel makes this knowhow commercially available to the industry, improving QA and R&D testing and streamlining the process to interoperable deployments.”

While offering Test Sentinel to other companies is new, the public release of the platform is part of a broader trend by UNH-IOL to assist companies in various parts of the telecom ecosystem. In 2013, the UNH-IOL started offering testing solutions to companies with the release of the IOL INTACT Software for IPv6 Testing.